The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children, 2nd Edition

Foreword to the New Edition vii

Preface xv

The Author xxi

1 A Dream Deferred 1

2 Does Culture Matter? 17

3 Seeing Color, Seeing Culture 33

4 We Are Family 59

5 The Tree of Knowledge 85

6 Culturally Relevant Teaching 111

7 Making Dreams into Reality 139

Afterword 157

Appendix A: Methodology 179

Appendix B: Context 193

Notes 203

Index 217

Discussion Questions 221